Funny--SNL-Tina Fey/Amy Poehler as (Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton)

I have a sidebar. Has anyone seen the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler SNL video? I found it to be quite funny.  If you haven't seen it, just head over to You Tube.  

Bridal Showers, Concerts, and a Rainbow

Well since I have no pictures of a beautiful Ethiopian baby girl to display as of yet, I thought I'd share some of my own. (I guess it's the next best thing). My friend S. (orange dress)  is getting married in 1 month. These are 2 photos from her local bridal shower. It was very nice with great food, and drinks (hoot hoot!!).  The cupcakes were to die for. I had two.  I guess that's why I'm popping my "Rockin Body" DVD in daily to take off a few of those cupcakes.

B and I had a night out a few weeks ago. We saw "Mint Condition" live in concert.  They were wonderful!!  The night was pretty fun with the exception of "the intoxicated trio" that sat by us and gave a show of their own.  B and I seem to have no luck at concerts.  We always seem to have seats next to the drunkest folks in the room.  Let's just say they keep things interesting. (Go figure) 

I have seen at least 3 rainbow's in the past 3 months. Wow!! How beautiful.  This is a photo I snapped from my backyard.  Everytime I feel down for whatever reason, I look at it and think of God's promise to us. (Just thought I'd share..I'm actually surprised you can see it)

Some Summer Photos-In No Specific Order

This summer we went to New Orleans for a wedding. (I'm originally from NOLA). While there we caught up with old friends.  [My mom (in green), me (in red), and mother and daughter duo Q and G]. We have known each other for years; as a matter of fact Gs mother used to be one of my babysitters.  The photo at the top is a picture of a "second line". If you've ever been to New Orleans, you may have seen this. It's a dance using umbrellas and we wave handkerchiefs in the air.  It's a celebratory dance to jazz music.  We do it at most things weddings, funerals, Mardi Gras, you name it.  We lucked up at this wedding because "Rebirth Jazz Band" performed live.  It was great!! 

This summer we travelled to Orlando, Florida. While there, we went on a Disney Cruise (3 day). It was so much fun. If you've never done Disney, you must try it. I highly recommend!! Well we had such a great time I only took 1 picture (LOL) But hey, it's pretty.  A nice photo of tropical fish we took while snorkeling.  I also had the opportunity to meet the great Dr. Dorothy Irene Height.  She is 96 years old and awesome.  (There is a picture of us above).  She is a living legend!  If you've never heard of her you should Google her.  She is a civil rights icon, and was the only woman to speak at the March on Washington with Dr. King.  If you look at old pictures of that day, you will see her out front and center.  She has a book entitled " Open Wide the Gates of Freedom". 

The summer started out with B's 8th Birthday! No party this year (mommy too tired). But I promised a sleepover next year. (What was I thinking.....ten or more 9 year old boys. I guess I'll see if I can get out of it). Well this year we had cake and ice cream at home, dinner at Kobe's Hibachi Grill (B and dad), and a new bike for Mr. B. 

Progress!!

I decided to wait until I had some news to report before I posted again.  I am happy to say that we have finally received our corrected, finalized homestudy from our social worker. (Yeah!!) If I tell you the drama it took to get to this point, you would understand my elation.  We had received numerous copies of our homestudy before this point, all with something not quite correct.  From typo's, to misspellings, to notary commissions that expired in November 2008 (and as all AP's and PAP's know, this would never work for the dossier; notary commissions have to be valid for at least 1 year).

Well finally, we received a set that seems to have everything we need!! (Whoopee). I have packed it all away into an envelope with our updated health reports, and off to our agency it will go in the morning.  

I also waited for our finalized home study before I resubmitted our I600A; so that will be in the mail tomorrow as well. We have fingerprints that are good until 2/2009 from our last I600A. Hopefully these can be used to get our initial 171H, and then we will just update in 2/2009.  

So we appear to be one step closer to agency approval, and our dossier is almost complete. (minus 171H and FBI clearance for the dossier)  So we're still aiming to make wait list by November (ok, I know I said September before, but hey things change).  Keep your fingers crossed.